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- {help}
-
- The following commands are available in FTP mode:
-
- ascii, batch, binary, cd, dir, lcd, list, get, hash, help, ls, mget,
- mkdir, mput, nlst, quit, rmdir, put, type, verbose, view, pager.
-
- To get more help on any of these commands type 'help <command>'
- {ascii}
- ASCII
-
- USAGE
- ASCII
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This command selects ASCII file transfer mode - it is equivalent to
- typing 'TYPE ASCII'.
-
- EXAMPLES
- ASCII (Select Ascii file transfer format)
-
- {batch}
- BATCH
-
- USAGE
- BATCH [ON|OFF]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This command will set or display the command batching flag.
-
- EXAMPLES
- BATCH ON (Sets the batching flag)
- BATCH (Displays the batching flag)
-
- {binary}
- BINARY
-
- USAGE
- BINARY
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This command selects BINARY file transfer mode - it is equivalent to
- typing 'TYPE BINARY', or 'TYPE IMAGE'
-
- EXAMPLES
- BINARY (Select Binary file transfer format)
-
- {cd}
- CD
-
- USAGE
- CD <pathname>
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This command changes the current directory on the FTP server.
- Use UNIX type path descriptions, eg pub/msdos, rather than MSDOS
- path descriptions, eg pub\msdos. Also note that CD is normally
- case sensitive, unlike MSDOS which is case insensitive - ie MSDos
- is NOT the same as msdos.
-
- EXAMPLES
- CD pub (Change to the pub subdirectory of the current directory)
- CD .. (Move one level out of the directory tree)
- CD pub/gif (Change to the gif subdirectory of the pub directory).
-
- {dir}
- DIR
-
- USAGE
- DIR [<pathname> [<localfile>]]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- DIR will display the directory listing of a specified path. You can
- also specify a filename mask to search for. If you don't specify a
- path, the current directory will be displayed. If you don't specify
- a filename mask, '*' will be used. Note, paths and filenames are
- often case sensitive.
-
- If you specify a second parameter, DIR will save the directory listing
- in a file on your local disk.
-
- DIR is synonymous with LIST.
-
- EXAMPLES
- DIR (display all the files in the current directory)
- DIR *.zip (display all the files in the current directory which
- end with '.zip')
- DIR pub (display all the files in the pub subdirectory of the
- current directory)
- DIR * dirlist (store a directory listing of all the files in the
- current directory in a file 'dirlist' on your
- local disk)
-
- {lcd}
- LCD
-
- USAGE
- LCD <pathname>
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This command changes the current directory on the local machine.
-
- EXAMPLES
- CD pub (Change to the pub subdirectory of the current directory)
- CD .. (Move one level out of the directory tree)
- CD pub/gif (Change to the gif subdirectory of the pub directory).
-
- {list}
- LIST
-
- USAGE
- LIST [<pathname> [<localfile>]]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- LIST will display the directory listing of a specified path. You can
- also specify a filename mask to search for. If you don't specify a
- path, the current directory will be displayed. If you don't specify
- a filename mask, '*' will be used. Note, paths and filenames are
- often case sensitive.
-
- If you specify a second parameter, LIST will save the directory listing
- in a file on your local disk.
-
- LIST is synonymous with DIR.
-
- EXAMPLES
- LIST (display all the files in the current directory)
- LIST *.zip (display all the files in the current directory which
- end with '.zip')
- LIST pub (display all the files in the pub subdirectory of the
- current directory)
- LIST * dirlist (store a directory listing of all the files in the
- current directory in a file 'dirlist' on your
- local disk)
- {get}
- GET
-
- USAGE
- GET <remote file> [<local file>]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Get retrieves a file from the remote system, and stores it on your
- disk. If the 'local file' parameter isn't given then the file will
- be stored using the remote filename. Otherwise the file will
- be stored using the specified local filename.
-
- Path specifications can be given in either of the remote or local
- file names, but should match either the remote or local file name
- requirements (eg '/' and case sensitivity).
-
- EXAMPLES
- GET readme (retrieve the file 'readme' from the current directory
- on the remote system, and save it to 'readme' in the
- current directory on the local system).
- GET pub/index ftpdir/index1 (retrieve the index file from the 'pub'
- subdirectory on the remote system, and store it as
- 'index1' in the 'ftpdir' subdirectory on the local
- system).
- {hash}
- HASH
-
- USAGE
- HASH
-
- DESCRIPTION
- HASH is a synonym for 'VERBOSE 3'. This will display all memesages
- resulting from communication between the local and remote systems,
- and will display a hash mark ('#') for every 1000 bytes which are
- sent or received
-
- USAGE
- HASH
-
- {ls}
- LS
-
- USAGE
- LS [<pathname> [<localfile>]]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- LS will display the directory listing of a specified path. You can
- also specify a filename mask to search for. If you don't specify a
- path, the current directory will be displayed. If you don't specify
- a filename mask, '*' will be used. Note, paths and filenames are
- often case sensitive.
-
- If you specify a second parameter, LS will save the directory listing
- in a file on your local disk.
-
- LS is similar to DIR, but it only displays the file names, without
- all the supplementary data.
-
- LS is synonymous with NLST.
-
- EXAMPLES
- LS (display all the files in the current directory)
- LS * dirlist (store a directory listing of all the files in the
- current directory in a file 'dirlist' on your
- local disk)
-
- {mget}
- MGET
-
- USAGE
- MGET <file1> [<file> ....]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- MGET will get a collection of files from the remote system. File names
- may include wildcards which will be expanded into a list of files by
- the remote server.
-
- Files will be stored on the local system using the same names that
- they had on the server.
-
- EXAMPLES
- MGET readme index (Get the 'readme' and 'index' files from the
- remote system, storing them as 'readme' and
- 'index' on the local system)
- MGET * (Get all files from the current directory on the
- remote system, storing them on the local system
- using the same names)
- {mkdir}
- MKDIR
-
- USAGE
- MKDIR <remote directory>
-
- DESCRIPTION
- MKDIR will create a new directory on the remote system. You need
- write access to the remote system to be able to do this.
-
- EXAMPLES
- MKDIR mydir (create a new subdirectory called 'mydir' on the
- remote system).
-
- {mput}
- MPUT
-
- USAGE
- MPUT <file1> [<file> ....]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- MPUT will send a collection of files to the remote system. File names
- may include wildcards which will be expanded into a list of files by
- the local system.
-
- Files will be stored on the remote system using the same names that
- they had locally.
-
- EXAMPLES
- MPUT readme index (Send the 'readme' and 'index' files to the
- remote system, storing them as 'readme' and
- 'index' on the remote system)
- MPUT * (Get all files from the current directory on the
- local system, storing them on the remote server
- using the same names)
- {nlst}
- NLST
-
- USAGE
- NLST [<pathname> [<localfile>]]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- NLST will display the directory listing of a specified path. You can
- also specify a filename mask to search for. If you don't specify a
- path, the current directory will be displayed. If you don't specify
- a filename mask, '*' will be used. Note, paths and filenames are
- often case sensitive.
-
- If you specify a second parameter, NLST will save the directory
- listing in a file on your local disk.
-
- NLST is similar to DIR, but it only displays the file names, without
- all the supplementary data.
-
- NLST is synonymous with LS.
-
- EXAMPLES
- NLST (display all the files in the current directory)
- NLST * dirlist (store a directory listing of all the files in the
- current directory in a file 'dirlist' on your
- local disk)
- {quit}
- QUIT
-
- USAGE
- QUIT
-
- DESCRIPTION
- QUIT finishes the FTP server session.
-
- EXAMPLES
- QUIT
-
- {rmdir}
- RMDIR
-
- USAGE
- RMDIR
-
- DESCRIPTION
- RMDIR will delete a directory on the remote server. To use this
- command you need delete access to the remote system.
-
- EXAMPLES
- RMDIR mydir (this will delete the 'mydir' directory from the
- remote system).
-
- {put}
- PUT
-
- USAGE
- PUT <local file> [<remote file>]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- PUT will send a file from the local system to the remote server.
-
- If there are two parameters, the second parameter will specify the
- name on the remote system, otherwise it will be given the name of
- the first parameter.
-
- EXAMPLES
- PUT newfile (send the file 'newfile' to the remote system,
- storing it in the current directory with the name
- 'newfile')
- PUT newfile thisfile (send the file 'newfile' to the remote system,
- storing it in the current directory with the
- name 'thisfile')
-
- {type}
- TYPE
-
- USAGE
- TYPE [a | i | b | l <bytesize>]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- TYPE tells both the remote and local systems the type of file that
- is to be transfered. The default is 'A' - 'ASCII' (or text file).
- TYPEs 'b' and 'i' are synonymous and mean 'Binary' or 'Image'.
- Image transfers should be used when transferring executable files,
- or compressed files.
-
- TYPE 'l' is for 'logical byte size' when exchanging binary files with
- remote servers that use a non-standard word size.
-
- EXAMPLES
- TYPE A (all future transfers are to use ASCII mode)
- TYPE (display the current transfer mode)
-
- {verbose}
- VERBOSE
-
- USAGE
- VERBOSE [0 | 1 | 2 | 3]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Verbose sets or displays the level of message output during file
- transfers as follows:
- 0 -Display error messages only,
- 1 -Display error messages, plus a one line summary after transfers
- 2 -Display error and summary messages plus progress messages generated
- by the server. (This is the default),
- 3 -Display all messages - also display a '#' character for every 1000
- characters that are sent or received.
-
- EXAMPLES
- VERBOSE (display the current verbose setting)
- VERBOSE 0 (only display error messages)
-
- {view}
- VIEW
-
- USAGE
- VIEW <remote file>
-
- DESCRIPTION
- VIEW will allow you to view a text file which is on the remote system
- without downloading it first. This can be useful for 'readme' type
- files, where you want to read the file before carrying on with the
- ftp work.
-
- EXAMPLES
- VIEW readme.ftp (display the 'readme.ftp' file on the remote server)
- {pager}
- PAGER
-
- USAGE
- PAGER [on|off]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- PAGER will set or display the session page mode. When the page mode
- is on, all displays will be paused after 24 lines to let you view
- them before pressing a key to continue.
-
- EXAMPLES
- PAGER (display the current setting of the page mode)
- PAGER on (turn the page mode on for the current FTP session)
-